Garnet S. Heraman is an investor + influencer with over 25 years experience at the intersection of brands, innovation + technology. A frequent speaker at innovation events around the world, he/ his work has been featured in Time Magazine, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Thrillist, WSJ, Institutional Investor, Inc., Entrepreneur, GMA, Travel+ Leisure + O, Oprah Magazine. A builder by nature, his gift is forging founder vision into investor value at all stages of the venture cycle.

Mr. Heraman is Managing Partner of FUEL OZ.Capital, an opportunity zone fund focused on inclusive development. Mr. Heraman is a founder of Anvil Venture Partners, which provides capital and consulting services to help startups accelerate from seed to scaling. Previously, he was a founder of Aegis Investment Partners, which provides mezzanine capital for corporate ventures.

He advises numerous companies including:

Mr. Heraman also is co-owner of Karina Dresses, an ecommerce company that sells US-made lifestyle apparel. 

Karina Dresses has been featured in Good Morning America, Thrillist and Travel+ Leisure Magazine,  and in 2014 was named a finalist for the Martha Stewart American Made Award. Earlier, he founded & exited two Web 1.0 ventures: VentureVortex, a startup services platform merged with Aegis; UVentures, the first vertical exchange for university tech transfer, acquired by UTEK (Amex: UTK). Mr. Heraman started his web career in 1996, as co-founder and CEO of StockObjects, the pioneering ecommerce spinoff of the digital art site Rhizome.

He is/has been involved with several non-profit organizations, including TiE New York, where he was a founding board member from 1999-2001; The CORO Foundation, which chose him for their prestigious Leadership New York Program (2000-1) and; The Columbia University Alumni Association.

Mr.Heraman is deeply interested in meditation practices, fitness, food & wine, travel, art, industrial & graphic design, sacred music traditions, architecture and zombies. Despite his fascination with the slow-moving & mindless, he doesn't much care for politics & politicians. Go figure.